婺州

Wùzhōu
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Wuzhou, the old prefecture centered on today's Jinhua, Zhejiang

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jīnhuá gǔdài jiào Wùzhōu.
In ancient times Jinhua was called Wuzhou.
HSK 7-9
Nánsòng shí, Wùzhōu chū le hěnduō yǒumíng de xuézhě.
In the Southern Song, Wuzhou produced many famous scholars.

Tips

culture
The name comes from the star 婺女, the 'Maiden' lunar mansion, which old star-field geography set over this region. It lives on in 婺剧, the local opera, and 婺江, the river through Jinhua.
mistakes
Not 梧州 in Guangxi, which sounds almost the same. 婺 is fourth tone.

Stroke Order

婺 wù
州 zhōu